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“young” love and marriage

by Sandy

I’m a bit of a commit-o-phobe. I’m the first to admit. I’m 23 years old and every time I turn around, it seems like another one of my friends has caught the love bug and is getting married…not to mention the babies they’re having!

It makes me start to feel old and inferior because quite frankly, I have little interest in any of those things whatsoever at this point in my life. I feel like there’s something wrong with me that I haven’t found “the One;” that I’m not currently watching for price drops in the house market; or that I’m decidedly terrified of children.

Don’t get me wrong. I want to want all these things….eventually. And, yeah it would be nice to have a good guy I’m head over heels for around for support and to just goof around with…but …”forever?” Right now? For real? For scary.

So when I read “Married at 24: Crazy in Love or Just Crazy?” at http://lifestyle.msn.com/relationships/couplesandmarriage/articlemc.aspx?cp-documentid=5213699&page=1 on MSN.com, I was more than a little relieved that the author used “24″ as her “too young” age. My parents were “underage and engaged” tying the knot at 20 & 21 together… luckily they’ve withstood the test of time and have lasted almost 30 years and are still going strong.

What is it that is so different “nowadays” than just thirty years ago? Are we more superficial? Do we change our minds that much over time? Or are we insatiable? I’ve been feeling a bit insatiable lately…but I guess it’s a comfort to know I’m not alone.


Posted in General on August 20th, 2007

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